The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 2056
Waning Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
9:56 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1645
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 313.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.74° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.63° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.